Mop



July 15, 1941. c, H T I 2,249,559

MOP

Filed April 8. 1939 Patented July 15, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1Claim.

My invention relates to mops, including scrubbing mops, dust mops andpolishing mops, and is an improvement upon mops of various typesheretofore employed, such as rope or cotton string mops.

The latter-mentioned class of mops possesses various disadvantages, suchas the difiiculty of effectively washing the same, the long period oftime required for drying them after they have been washed or rinsed, andthe difficulty of access thereby to corner areas etc.

My invention has for its object the provision of a mop element of suchform that it can readily be applied to a broom or brush, for use ineither scrubbing, dusting or polishing; which can more conveniently andaccurately be manipulated than mops of various other types, and whichcan easily be removed, washed, dried and replaced.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view showing themop; Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view thereof partially in section, andFig. 3 is a vertical sectional View through the mopping element of theother figures.

The mopping element may conveniently be in the form of a cloth bag 4,the lower portion of which has a heavy nap or pile facing which mayconveniently be incorporated therein by operations similar to those bywhich chenille or pile fabrics are produced. The nap 5 will preferablybe of cotton so that it not only will be suitable for polishing, butwill also take up dust readily and will have high water-absorbingcapacity for use as a scrubbing mop. Other heavy material such asturkish toweling would also be suitable for this purpose.

The upper part of the bag 4 is provided with a draw string 6, by meansof which the mopping element can readily be connected to the upper partof a broom l or its handle 8.

By reason of the flexibility of the broom straws, all portions of thenap 5 can readily be brought into working engagement with a surface tobe operated upon, and by reason of the stifiness of the broom straws andthe shape into which they are assembled, the mop can easily be insertedinto corners where mops of conventional form cannot have proper access.When employed as a scrubbing mop, the water can be wrung out of it fromtime to time without the necessity of removing it from the broom,because the broom straws at their lower portions will flex and twistenough to permit such wringing. It is desirable to have the upperportion of the mop member 4 of smooth material so that it will not takeup too much water, since such water would tend to drip, and furthermorecould not readily be wrung out without removing the member 4 from thebroom.

The mop element 4 can of course readily be removed from the broom andcan be washed in a washing machine, andwill dry more quickly than dorope mops.

It will be understood that'forms of holders other than the conventionalhousehold broom can be employed for the mop bag 4.

I claim as myinvention:

A mop of bag-like form adapted to be placed over a broom or the like,comprising a body portion of cloth having a fibrous nap facing securedto the outer side faces of said body portion along lines extendingcrosswise of the body portion and of the broom straws, the facing beingin the form of narrow laterally-spaced bands, with the nap of each bandnormally in non-overlapping relation to the nap of adjacent bands.

CELIA M, HILTY.

